ArmInfo.The charitable organization Adibekyan Family Foundation for Advancement of
philanthropist Gagik Adibekyan will send 100,000 EUR to eliminate the consequences of the fire in the state reserve "Khosrov Forest". The press service of the fund told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The cause of the death of a Russian serviceman who drowned on August 13 in Lake Sevan was internal bleeding. Counselor of the head of the Investigative Committee of Armenia Sona Truzyan reported this.

ArmInfo.Head of the Main Department of Civil Aviation of Armenia (GDCA Sergey Avetisyan
believes that the rise in prices for air tickets has objective reasons. "Flights to the most demanded areas in Armenia have risen in price, which is connected with the peak of the tourist season," he
told journalists on August 17 after the meeting Government.

ArmInfo. Equipping with fire-fighting equipment is not enough in Armenia - there is a shortage of finances. On August 17, after the meeting of the Government, Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations of Armenia David Karapetyan stated in a conversation with journalists. According to him, stormy public discussions were quite expected, which indicates a careful attitude to environmental issues and awareness of public interest.

ArmInfo.According to the preliminary data of Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia, on the territory of state reserve Khosrov Forest as a whole, vegetation perimeter was 16 km thick, of which 360 hectares of forest. The forest fire in Vayots Dzor destroyed grass coverings with a perimeter of about 15 km, 320 hectares of which were forests. This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Emergency Elections of Armenia David Karapetyan, presenting August 17 at a government meeting on the territory of the reserve.

ArmInfo.Levon Altunyan, the Minister of Healthcare of Armenia, spoke in favor of increasing the remuneration of doctors from the general "white cash desk" of medical institutions. At the meeting with the representatives of the health protection system of the Ararat region, the minister noted the importance not only of ensuring the quality of medical services, but also of resolving the issue of transferring money flows from the shadow turnover to the "white cash desk", as doctors should receive a larger percentage from the health facility.

ArmInfo. Another hotbed of fire arose in Armenia, this time in the Lori region.As reported by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic, on August 15 at 19:51 received a signal that a fire broke out in the forest between the villages of Aygeat and Tsater. A single combat calculation left for the place.It turned out that on the territory of the forestry "Lalvar" grass and forest thickets are burning.

ArmInfo. On the territory of Armenia there was a 3-point earthquake. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic, on August 16, at 05:07 local time (01:07 GMT), the earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 has been recorded by the Seismic Protection Service of the Ministry of Emergencies.

ArmInfo.The fourth day of the fire in Khosrov Reserve caused great damage to the environment. This, as the press service of Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia, stated the head of the department Artsvik Minasyan.

ArmInfo.The IL-76 special bunker of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, who arrived in Armenia yesterday to participate in an operation to extinguish a fire in the Khosrov
Reserve, is already preparing for the third flight. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of RA, at the moment a group of Armenian and Russian specialists carries out a reconnaissance flight over the territory of the Khosrov Reserve in order to assess the results of the first two sorties.

ArmInfo. The fire in the territories near the Artavan village of the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia is isolated.As the press service of the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports, as of August 1509.21 fire fighting continues. In fire extinguishing works on 09.51 Tuesday, 2 combat calculations, 5 firefighter-rescuers, 100 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Armenia, 18 forestry officers are involved. One water carrier (KamAZ) of "Lidian Armenia" company is on duty.

ArmInfo.The IL-76 special dispatch of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia arrived in Armenia today at 19.20 to participate in an operation to extinguish
fires that took unprecedented scale in the mountains of Armenia. The
leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Armenia sent
the request for assistance to its Russian counterparts.